SocioStory · 347 stories
Stories of NGOs, social heroes, CSR teams and volunteers from across India. Every one is checked by an editor before it goes live.
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NGO storyChildren
While children in the cities have turned their mobiles and laptops into schools and while we are talking about reducing the screen time for children, there are around 10,000 students in Mokhada, a town in Maharashtra, who have no…
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NGO storyEnvironment
When 13-year-old Aditya Mukarji was watching a video on YouTube, he was horrified and taken aback. While teenagers of his age are either glued to video games or social networking apps, there was something else that interested…
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NGO storyChildren
From a very young age, Manish Rai used to get upset on seeing the poor children begging on roads and working as labourers at homes, in restaurants, in factories and being deprived of their basic right to education. But unlike…
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NGO storyDisability & inclusion
Dr Kulwant Gaur was at the Surat railway station waiting for a relative to arrive, when he noticed a young boy crossing the railway tracks. A train was approaching and people started to step back from the tracks, whereas the boy…
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NGO storyChildren
More than an incident, it was a series of events that led to the formation of Storydip. “As a kid, my mother used to often tell us stories every night. In fact, it was one of those stories (about Grace Hopper), that sparked my…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Teachers encourage minds to think, hands to create and hearts to love. But Shabeena Parveen, a teacher by profession and passion, went an extra mile to convince and uplift the girls from the lower economic background through…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
When she was young, her grandmother gave her a 100 Rupee note to buy herself a favourite snack from a bakery. But the altruism in this little girl made her to donate that 100 Rupee note to an old lady who was begging at a bus…
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NGO storyDisability & inclusion
Stephen Hawking once said, “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” Of course, it implies to each and every human being on this planet. But when we come across People with Disability…
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NGO storyLivelihoods
These lines caught my attention and I felt the need to dig into more information. October 19 is observed as LGBT centre awareness day and Socio Story brings to you the story of a social enterprise -Kineer. Being intrigued by his…
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NGO storyDisaster relief
With the world bracing and fighting against a pandemic unknown to humankind less than a year ago, COVID-19 has, for better or for worse, changed the way lives were being lived. This change has not only led to the collapse of many…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
“We focus on something only when it hits closer home,” expresses Sravannthi Maya, a health psychologist from Hyderabad. Having been diagnosed with PCOS herself, understanding the illness has taken quite some time. On being asked…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Every day is a struggle for women who suffer from the most common hormonal disorder called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). For most of the women, PCOS is like fighting a battle that most people do not understand. But why?…
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